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times. Legend has it that if you walk backwards seven times round the yew's main stem you will be granted a wish.
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CBE (1857–1933), an English railway engineer and chief mechanical engineer of the
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Stoke Gabriel is the template for the fictional village of Thornford Regis in
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of East Dart. The ward population at the abovementioned census was 1,877.
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Fisherman probably first came to Stoke Gabriel to fish
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Stoke Gabriel is located in West Country
Stoke Gabriel is located in the United Kingdom
Devon
Stoke Gabriel is located in Europe
Stoke Gabriel is located in Devon
OS grid reference
SX850572
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South Hams
Shire county
Devon
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South West
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England
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